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To: Daniel II

100 million megatons = 100 x 10⁶ megatons
= 10⁸ x 10⁶ tons
= 10¹⁴ tons

20 kilotons = 2 x 10⁴ tons

Go!

11 posted on 09/26/2009 10:50:23 PM PDT by LibWhacker

To: LibWhacker

Ah ... now that makes sense. But it’s not how the article was writen. Went to wiki. They say 100 million megatons, too.

12 posted on 09/26/2009 11:11:46 PM PDT by Daniel II (I'm Jim Thompson, this is my brother Jimmy, and this is my other brother Jimmy)

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